Sustainable Living organisers Lissa Villeneuve and Penelope Clarkwith some local produce for the event.Source: News Limited

A WIDE selection of locally produced food and drinks – ranging from quinoa to ales – will take centre stage in an all-Tasmanian banquet for the fourth annual Living Local Feast in Hobart on Saturday night.

Sustainable Living Tasmania program manager Lissa Villeneuve said even the salt was made from dehydrated seawater.

The three-course feast will be at Mather’s House.

“If you can’t grow or gather it in Tasmania, then you won’t find it at the Living Local Feast,” Ms Villeneuve said.

The feast is the culmination of the Tassievore Eat Local Challenge, which encourages Tasmanians to support local businesses and choose local food and drinks. About 70 people are expected to enjoy dishes from goats’ cheese ravioli to a dessert of caramelised apples and walnut in puff pastry with a lemon verbena anglaise.

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